Obituaries
KIRKMAN -- Joyce Ann Daringer, 89, Kirkman, died January 22 at Salem Lutheran Nursing Home. Services will be held Sunday, Jan. 30 at 3 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Red Line Cemetery. Visitation is Sunday from 1-3 p.m. at the funeral home. Daringer is...
ATLANTIC -- Diana Petersen, 55, Atlantic, died January 22 at Cass County Memorial Hospital. Services will be held Friday, Jan. 28 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca. Visitation will be Friday from 10-11 a.m. at the funeral home. Petersen is survived by sister Lisa Petersen...
ELK HORN -- Ronald Dean Petersen, 86, Elk Horn, died Thursday, Jan. 20 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. Services will be held at a later date. He is survived by his wife Adrienne Petersen of Elk Horn; two children: Kalvin (Sharon) Petersen of Alta and Glenda (Doug)...
FREMONT, NE -- Leo Merle Hough, 86, Fremont, NE, died January 20. Visitation with the family at the funeral home will be Friday, Jan. 28, from 5-7 p.m. A Celebration of Life ceremony is set for Saturday, Jan. 29, at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife,...
WALNUT -- Gladys Petersen, 92, Walnut, died January 10 at Myrtue Medical Center. She is survived by her daughter Jackie (Dan) Riessen of Avoca, Iowa; grandchildren Trevor (Melanie) Riessen of Fremont, Nebraska; Randi Riessen of Shelby, Iowa; Catelyn (Nick) Meysenburg of Lincoln, Nebraska; 3...
HARLAN -- Leroy J. Anastasi, 95, Harlan, died January 21 at Elm Crest Assisted Living. No services are planned at this time. Anastasi is survived by daughters Mary Jo (Tony) Sondag of Harlan, Vicki (Gary) Fagan of Harlan, and Kris (Dave) Pope of Harlan; and brother Ray (Frances) Anastasi...
ATCHISON, KS -- Sister Amelia Nowatzke, OSB, 93, a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kans., formerly of Panama, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, at the monastery. Funeral services are pending. Nowatzke is survived by nieces and nephews and her monastic family. Becker-Dyer-...
WALNUT -- Eric Walton, 45, Walnut, died January 19 at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 29 at 2 p.m. at the Walnut Community Center. Public visitation will be held Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the community center. Walton is survived by his...
COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Jeannette Maassen, 99, Council Bluffs, died January 16 at Northcrest Care & Rehabilitation. Services were held Monday, Jan. 24 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca. Maassen is survived by grandchildren Stacy (...
HARLAN -- Kathryn Schechinger, 83, Harlan, died January 16 at Myrtue Medical Center. Services were held Saturday, Jan. 22 at 10:30 a.m .at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the St. Boniface Cemetery in Westphalia. Schechinger is survived by daughters Patricia (John)...